Your parents were allergic. You were born in the '80s. Guess what: You had an aquarium!
Your dad's allergic to dogs and your mom's allergic to cats. Guess what kind of pet you had!
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But wait, aquariums were cool! You could get a whole bunch of fake plants for it.
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You probably had neon tetra fish...
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But the most badass were the angelfish.
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